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00:02I am the daughter of the true dragon.
00:06But on the day I gave birth, my husband Varys carried my children away with his own hands.
00:20The dragon crystal was bitterly cold.
00:23I lay in a pool of blood, my fingertips digging into the seams of the stone,
00:27my voice horny enough to sound like someone else's.
00:31Varys, give me back my children.
00:33The two newborns cried in his arms.
00:35Each cry stabbed it, hurting more than the tearing of flesh and bone during labor.
00:38Isolid stood below the steps of the throne, wrapped in a snow-white cloak.
00:42Her eyes read, as if she were the one who had suffered every injustice.
00:45Sister, don't be like this.
00:47She reached out and took the children, her voice as light as a scythe.
00:51I only want to share your burden.
00:53You have just given birth.
00:55Your body is too weak.
00:56Trembling, I crawled toward her.
00:58They are not a burden.
01:00They are my children.
01:02Varys looked down at me.
01:03There was no tenderness in his eyes, only impatience.
01:06He blocked my hand with one foot.
01:08Enough, Alana.
01:10I clenched my teeth and lifted my head.
01:13I beg you, let me hold them once.
01:16Just once.
01:17Isolid hugged the children tight and took half a step back.
01:21Varys, perhaps I should not have come.
01:24Sister seems to hate me so much.
01:26Varys immediately stood in front of her, as if shielding the most precious treasure in the world.
01:31Her soul is unstable.
01:33She can never bear children.
01:34His voice was cold.
01:36You are her elder sister.
01:37What is wrong with fulfilling her wish this once?
01:40Would you really watch her suffer for the rest of her life?
01:43I laughed until blood spilled from my mouth.
01:45Fulfill her wish with my flesh and blood.
01:49His brows drew tighter.
01:51Do not make yourself sound so pitiful.
01:54You are already the commander's wife.
01:56Is that still not enough?
01:57I looked at the children in his arms.
01:59My little daughter had cried until her face was red.
02:02My little son's dragon arms were no bigger than fingertips, glowing faintly.
02:07They should have been against my chest, listening to my heartbeat.
02:10But Varys turned and left.
02:11When Isolid passed by me, she lowered her head and smiled softly.
02:17Thank you, sister.
02:18In that moment, I learned that when a person's heart is hollowed out, she can still remain alive and grieve.
02:26That was eight years ago.
02:29Eight years later, I finally understood that what had been carried away that day was not only my children, but
02:34also my last hope of ever being loved.
02:39The dragon king of the western realm found me very late.
02:43Before that, I had grown up outside the dragon nest, like an abandoned wild beast.
02:49Later, they said I was the lost daughter of the true dragon, and they brought me back to the royal
02:54city, giving me fine clothes, a name, and an old betrothal contract.
03:01When I married Varys, he was the dragon bone commander, cold, powerful, and disgusted by me.
03:07On our wedding night, he did not lift my bridle Laild.
03:10He only stood by the door and said,
03:12Alana, I married you only because of the betrothal.
03:15I asked softly.
03:17And afterwards?
03:18Do not covet what does not belong to you.
03:20He did not even look at me.
03:23A year later, he married Isloid.
03:25She was a false dragon daughter, yet she looked more loved than I ever did.
03:30My parents doted on her, the servants respected her, and Varys protected her.
03:35Later, even my children called her mother.
03:38After eight years of marriage, the dragon god appeared again.
03:42A silver spirit body hovered above the outer keep, its light illuminating my empty room.
03:48The trial is over.
03:50Varys' soul love has reached completion.
03:53You may strip away your dragon soul and leave this world.
03:56Or you may remain.
03:58I stared at him blankly.
04:00He loves me.
04:01The words were so absurd, I almost wanted to laugh.
04:04He gave hatred to our wedding night.
04:06Gave my children to Isloid.
04:08And gave all his tenderness to someone else.
04:12Dragon god, are you certain you have not seen wrong?
04:15The dragon god's gaze remained gentle.
04:17The love of the soul does not always appear as tenderness.
04:20Then how does it appear?
04:22As humiliation?
04:24Neglect?
04:25Or forcing me to kneel outside the door and listen to my children call another woman mother?
04:28The dragon god was silent.
04:30My tears finally fell.
04:32But not because I could not bear to leave Varys.
04:35I want to leave.
04:36Before the separation you have one day,
04:38the dragon god said,
04:40you may say goodbye.
04:42I thought of Lucian and Avaria.
04:44Even if they refused to acknowledge me,
04:47I wanted to see them one last time.
04:49So I went to the crystal corridor.
04:51Lucian was six,
04:53standing in the light,
04:54his small dragon horns glimmering faintly.
04:57When he saw me, the first thing he said was,
05:00Why are you here again?
05:03Lucian stepped back warily,
05:05as if he had seen something filthy.
05:07Didn't I tell you not to come?
05:08If mother sees me talking to you,
05:10she will be sad.
05:12I crouched in front of him and tried to make my smile gentle.
05:15I only came to say goodbye.
05:18He frowned.
05:19Goodbye?
05:21Are you pretending to be pitiful again?
05:23My hand froze in midair.
05:28After today,
05:29we will not see each other again.
05:32Lucian paused,
05:33but his face quickly turned cold again.
05:36You say that every time.
05:37Are you trying to make me feel sorry for you,
05:40so you can make mother cry?
05:43Lucian.
05:44I called his name softly.
05:45I am not trying to take you away.
05:48You are lying.
05:51Hatred filled his eyes.
05:53Mother said you have always wanted to steal me and my sister back.
05:57Why can't you leave us alone?
06:01Before I could answer,
06:03Varys' voice came from behind me.
06:06Elana.
06:08As he approached,
06:09the entire corridor seemed to grow colder.
06:14He seized my arm and dragged me into the room beside us.
06:18The door slammed shut,
06:20leaving Lucian outside.
06:22What exactly are you trying to do?
06:25Varys lowered his voice.
06:28Lucian and Aurelia were raised by Iselth.
06:30Must you expose their bloodline in front of them
06:32and make them suffer?
06:33I wrenched free of his hand.
06:36I am their birth mother.
06:38I only wanted to say goodbye before I die.
06:41Die.
06:42He sneered.
06:43Dragons do not die easily.
06:45Elana,
06:45do not use such words to trick others into pitying you.
06:49I am not lying to you.
06:50Then go apologize to Iseleth.
06:53He stared at me.
06:54Promise that from now on,
06:56you will never disturb her family again.
07:00Her family.
07:01My husband.
07:02My children.
07:03The blood I had shed in childbirth.
07:05In the end,
07:05all of it had become her,
07:07her family.
07:08Suddenly,
07:08I became very calm.
07:14Varys,
07:16If one day I truly died,
07:18would you regret it?
07:21A flicker of impatience passed through his eyes.
07:24I would only regret having indulged you too much in the beginning.
07:30I nodded.
07:31All right.
07:33I will remember that.
07:37Outside the door,
07:38a maid's panicked voice suddenly rang out.
07:41Commander,
07:41something is wrong.
07:42Miss Aurelia's dragon breath is unstable,
07:44and she is crying for Lady Alana's scent.
07:47Varys' expression changed,
07:49and he turned immediately.
07:50Looking at his back,
07:51I whispered,
07:52So she finally still remembers me.
07:55But that one memory almost cost me my life.
08:00Aurelia still remembered my scent.
08:03That alone was enough to make my heart ache
08:06until it softened.
08:08I returned to the outer keep and took out a soul crystal.
08:11The stone was cold in my palm.
08:13I cut my wrist open and let true dragon blood seep into it,
08:17drop by drop.
08:18When the blood fell into the crystal,
08:20silver-blue light flared,
08:21but my chest felt as if it had been torn open,
08:24and black dragon blood surged into my throat.
08:28The dragon god's voice sounded.
08:35Before the separation,
08:37your soul will split,
08:39your blood will grow cold,
08:42and life will slowly leave your body.
08:45I wipe the blood from the corner of my mouth.
08:48It does not matter.
08:50I am very good at enduring pain.
08:54A child raised in the bone wasteland
08:57learns first not to cry,
09:00but to keep silent.
09:02Crying draws monsters.
09:04Saying it hurts only makes others
09:06think you are easier to bully.
09:08I carried the soul crystal to Silvermoon Tower.
09:12Inside the tower,
09:13warm light shone and soft fragrance drifted,
09:16as if it were another world.
09:18Lucian stood at the door and blocked me.
09:20What are you doing here again?
09:23Auraria wants my dragon breath.
09:25I brought it to her.
09:26Leave it here.
09:27He reached out and snatched the soul crystal away.
09:31You cannot go in.
09:32Mother will be unhappy.
09:38I looked at the figures
09:40through the crack in the door.
09:42Auradia lay in Isaleth's arms,
09:44calling her softly.
09:45Mother.
09:46Isalade lowered her head
09:48and kissed her forehead.
09:54Good child.
09:55Mother is here.
09:56Vera sat beside them,
09:58tucking Isalem's cloak around her.
10:00His voice was so gentle
10:01I nearly failed to recognize it.
10:03You have worked hard.
10:04I stood outside the door,
10:06my wrists still bleeding.
10:08Isaleth suddenly lifted her eyes
10:10and saw me.
10:11The corner of her mouth curved.
10:14Holding my daughter,
10:15she mouthed silently to me.
10:17See?
10:18She only recognizes me.
10:21I lowered my eyes
10:22and turned away.
10:26But before I had gone far,
10:28a scream suddenly came
10:30from inside the tower.
10:31Cups and dishes shattered.
10:32A maid rushed out in the panic.
10:35Something has happened
10:35to the soul-calming crystal.
10:38Lady Isalyn is coughing blood.
10:42Before I could return
10:43to the Outer Keep,
10:44Varys came after me.
10:45He seized my wrist,
10:46his grip almost crushing the bones.
10:49Elena,
10:50you have grown bold indeed.
10:52Pain darkened my vision.
10:54Let go.
10:55You placed a soul-splitting curse
10:56in the crystal.
10:57His voice was as cold as snow.
10:59After Isaleth touched it,
11:00her dragon soul became unstable
11:01and Auroria vomited blood as well.
11:03I froze.
11:05Impossible.
11:06There was only my blood inside.
11:10Your blood?
11:11He laughed in fury.
11:13Do you think I would believe that?
11:14You can have the High Priest examine it.
11:16Before the matter is clarified,
11:18you will apologize to her first.
11:19He dragged me back
11:21to the front of Silvermoon Tower.
11:23Wind and snow struck my face
11:25and I could barely stand.
11:27Lucian rushed out,
11:28his eyes frighteningly red.
11:30You hurt my sister!
11:32Lucian, I did not!
11:34You are still arguing!
11:35Flames of a young dragon
11:36lit on his little horns
11:37and he slammed fiercely
11:38into my abdomen.
11:39I fell into the snow.
11:41My ribs felt broken
11:42and my throat filled
11:43with the taste of blood.
11:44I hate you!
11:45He cried.
11:46Why don't you just die if you died?
11:48Mother would never be sad again!
11:50Only after those words fell
11:51did Varas finally pull him away.
11:53I looked up at Vase,
11:54thinking he would at least say,
11:55Enough.
11:56But he only said coldly,
11:57Until Isoleth and Auraria recover.
11:59Kneel here and reflect
12:00on your wrongdoing.
12:01I knelt in the snow,
12:03the blood from my wrist
12:04freezing dark red.
12:05Inside Silvermoon Tower,
12:07the lamps were warm.
12:08My children were crying there
12:10and my husband
12:10was guarding another woman.
12:12What if it turns out
12:12it was not me?
12:13He was silent for a moment.
12:15Then I will apologize.
12:17Apologize?
12:17Such a light word.
12:19Soon,
12:19the High Priest
12:20walked out of the tower,
12:21his face grave.
12:22Commander,
12:23the result is out.
12:24I lifted my head
12:26and saw Varys' face
12:27finally change.
12:30The High Priest
12:31said in a low voice,
12:33There is no curse.
12:34The crystal contains
12:35only true dragon blood.
12:37Miss Aurelia
12:37was merely frightened
12:38and Lady Izzel's dragon soul
12:40briefly became unstable
12:41because of overexertion.
12:43The sound of snow
12:44suddenly seemed very loud.
12:46Varys froze where he stood.
12:47Lucian stood inside
12:48the tower door.
12:50Even after hearing the truth,
12:52he only clutched
12:53Isla's skirt tighter
12:54and did not look at me.
12:56Varys came toward me
12:57as if he meant
12:58to help me up.
12:59Elena,
13:00I'm sorry.
13:02I did not give him my hand.
13:05He frowned.
13:07Lucian was only worried
13:08about his sister.
13:09He does not truly hate you.
13:11I wanted very much to ask.
13:12Then what would count
13:13as true hatred?
13:14Was it making me
13:15me kneel in the snow,
13:16letting my own child
13:17curse me to death?
13:18Or asking me to swallow
13:19all the pain
13:19and then understand them
13:20in return?
13:21But I was too tired.
13:23It does not matter.
13:24It will be over soon anyway.
13:26Varys' expression
13:27darkened slightly.
13:28What are you saying now?
13:30Before I could answer,
13:32Madam Morwen arrived
13:33with guards.
13:35She had been an old attendant
13:36by my birth parent's side.
13:38From the first day
13:39I returned to the dragon nest,
13:40she had never treated me
13:42as a true young lady.
13:43She glanced at me
13:44and frowned in disgust.
13:45Lady Alana,
13:47the dragon king and queen
13:48were furious
13:48when they heard
13:49you had harmed Isoleth.
13:50I am here to carry out
13:51family discipline.
13:53Varys said coldly,
13:54The matter has already
13:55been investigated.
13:56She did not cast a curse.
13:58But Morwen said indifferently,
14:00Yet Lady Isoleth
14:01was indeed frightened
14:02because of her.
14:03True dragon blood
14:04is filthy and uncontrollable.
14:07It deserves punishment.
14:09I lifted my head.
14:12My blood is filthy.
14:14Morwen waved her hand.
14:16Thirty strips
14:17with the dragon wax.
14:20When the first lash fell,
14:21I could not even make a sound.
14:24The dragon bit was carved
14:25with forbidden runes.
14:27Each strike felt as if
14:28my soul were being torn apart.
14:30After thirty trisses,
14:32the snow was dyed
14:33red with blood.
14:36Varys finally shouted
14:37in anger.
14:38Enough!
14:38But Morwen crouched down
14:39and pressed her hand
14:40to my chest.
14:41Not enough.
14:42Her most precious
14:43heart-guarding scale
14:44will be perfect stabilizing
14:45Lady Isoleth's dragon soul.
14:47My eyes widened.
14:48The next moment,
14:49she tore away
14:50my heart-guarding scale
14:51with my force.
15:01I am the daughter
15:02of the true dragon.
15:05But on the day
15:06I gave birth,
15:07my husband, Varys,
15:08carried my children
15:09away with his own hands.
15:19The dragon crystal
15:20was bitterly cold.
15:22I lay in a pool of blood,
15:23my fingertips
15:24digging into the seams
15:25of the stone,
15:26my voice horny enough
15:27to sound like someone else's.
15:30Varys,
15:31give me back my children.
15:32The two newborns
15:33cried in his arms.
15:34Each cry stabbed
15:35it, hurting more
15:35than the tearing
15:36of flesh and bone
15:37during labor.
15:38Isolid stood below
15:38the steps of the throne,
15:39wrapped in a snow-white cloak.
15:41Her eyes read,
15:42as if she were the one
15:43who had suffered
15:43every injustice.
15:44Sister, don't be like this.
15:46She reached out
15:47and took the children,
15:48her voice as light as a sigh.
15:50I only want to share
15:51your burden.
15:52You have just
15:53given birth.
15:54Your body is too weak.
15:56Trembling,
15:56I crawled toward her.
15:58They are not a burden.
15:59They are my children.
16:01Varys looked down at me.
16:03There was no tenderness
16:03in his eyes,
16:04only impatience.
16:05He blocked my hand
16:06with one foot.
16:07Enough, Elana.
16:09I clenched my teeth
16:11and lifted my head.
16:12I beg you,
16:13let me hold them once.
16:15Just once.
16:16Isolid hugged
16:17the children tight
16:18and took half a step back.
16:20Varys,
16:21perhaps I should not have come.
16:23Sister seems to hate me so much.
16:25Varys immediately
16:26stood in front of her,
16:27as if shielding
16:28the most precious treasure
16:29in the world.
16:30Her soul is unstable.
16:32She can never bear children.
16:33His voice was cold.
16:35You are her elder sister.
16:36What is wrong
16:37with fulfilling her wish
16:38this once?
16:39Would you really watch her
16:40suffer for the rest of her life?
16:42I laughed
16:42until blood spilled
16:44from my mouth.
16:45Fulfill her wish
16:46with my flesh and blood!
16:48His brows drew tighter.
16:50Do not make yourself
16:51sound so pitiful.
16:53You are already
16:54the commander's wife.
16:55Is that still not enough?
16:56I looked at the children
16:57in his arms.
16:58My little daughter
16:59had cried
17:00until her face was red.
17:01My little son's dragon arms
17:03were no bigger than fingertips,
17:05glowing faintly.
17:06They should have been
17:07against my chest,
17:08listening to my heartbeat.
17:09But Varys turned and left.
17:11When Isolid passed by me,
17:12she lowered her head
17:13and smiled softly.
17:16Thank you, sister.
17:17In that moment,
17:18I learnt that
17:19when a person's heart
17:20is hollowed out,
17:21she can still remain alive
17:22and breathe.
17:25That was eight years ago.
17:27Eight years later,
17:29I finally understood
17:30that what had been
17:30carried away that day
17:31was not only my children,
17:33but also my last hope
17:34of ever being loved.
17:38The dragon king
17:39of the western realm
17:40found me very late.
17:42Before that,
17:43I had grown up
17:44outside the dragon nest,
17:46like an abandoned wild beast.
17:48Later, they said
17:49I was the lost daughter
17:50of the true dragon,
17:51and they brought me back
17:53to the royal city,
17:54giving me fine clothes,
17:56a name,
17:57and an old betrothal contract.
18:00When I married Varys,
18:02he was the dragon bone commander,
18:04cold, powerful,
18:05and disgusted by me.
18:06On our wedding night,
18:08he did not lift
18:08my bridle lailed.
18:09He only stood by the door
18:11and said,
18:11Alana, I married you
18:12only because of the betrothal.
18:14I asked softly,
18:16And afterwards?
18:17Do not covet
18:18what does not belong to you.
18:19He did not even look at me.
18:22A year later,
18:23he married Isloit.
18:24She was a false dragon daughter.
18:26Yet she looked more loved
18:28than I ever did.
18:29My parents doted on her.
18:31The servants respected her.
18:32And Varys protected her.
18:34Later,
18:35even my children
18:36called her mother.
18:38After eight years of marriage,
18:39the dragon god appeared again.
18:41A silver spirit body
18:43hovered above the outer keep,
18:44its light illuminating
18:46my empty room.
18:48The trial is over.
18:49Varys' soul love
18:51has reached completion.
18:52You may strip away
18:53your dragon soul
18:54and leave this world.
18:56Or you may remain.
18:57I stared at him blankly.
18:59He loves me.
19:00The words were so absurd,
19:01I almost wanted to laugh.
19:03He gave hatred
19:04to our wedding night,
19:05gave my children
19:06to Isled,
19:07and gave all his tenderness
19:09to someone else.
19:11Dragon god,
19:12are you certain
19:13you have not seen wrong?
19:14The dragon god's gaze
19:15remained gentle.
19:16The love of the soul
19:17does not always appear
19:19as tenderness.
19:20Then how does it appear?
19:21As humiliation?
19:23Neglect?
19:24Or forcing me
19:25to kneel outside the door
19:25and listen to my children
19:26call another woman mother?
19:28The dragon god was silent.
19:30My tears finally fell,
19:31but not because
19:32I could not bear
19:33to leave Varys.
19:34I want to leave.
19:35Before the separation
19:36you have one day,
19:38the dragon god said,
19:39You may say goodbye.
19:41I thought of Lucian
19:42and Avaria,
19:43even if they refused
19:44to acknowledge me.
19:46I wanted to see them
19:47one last time.
19:48So I went to the crystal corridor.
19:51Lucian was six,
19:52standing in the light,
19:53his small dragon horns
19:55glimmering faintly.
19:56When he saw me,
19:57the first thing he said was,
19:59Why are you here again?
20:02Lucian stepped back warily
20:04as if he had seen
20:05something filthy.
20:06Didn't I tell you
20:06not to come?
20:07If mother sees me
20:09talking to you,
20:10she will be sad.
20:11I crouched in front of him
20:13and tried to make
20:13my smile gentle.
20:15I only came to say goodbye.
20:17He frowned.
20:19Goodbye?
20:20Are you pretending
20:21to be pitiful again?
20:22My hand froze in midair.
20:27After today,
20:29we will not see
20:30each other again.
20:31Lucian paused,
20:32but his face
20:33quickly turned cold again.
20:35You say that every time.
20:37Are you trying to make me
20:38feel sorry for you
20:39so you can make mother cry?
20:42Lucian...
20:43I called his name softly.
20:44I am not trying
20:45to take you away.
20:47You are lying.
20:50Hatred filled his eyes.
20:52Mother said you have
20:53always wanted to steal
20:54me and my sister back.
20:56Why can't you
20:57leave us alone?
21:00Before I could answer,
21:02Varaz's voice
21:03came from behind me.
21:05Elana.
21:07As he approached,
21:08the entire corridor
21:09seemed to grow colder.
21:13He seized my arm
21:14and dragged me
21:15into the room beside us.
21:17The door slammed shut,
21:19leaving Lucian outside.
21:22What exactly
21:23are you trying to do?
21:24Varus lowered his voice.
21:27Lucian and Aurelia
21:28were raised by Iselth.
21:29Must you expose
21:30their bloodline
21:31in front of them
21:31and make them suffer?
21:32I wrenched free
21:33of his hand.
21:34I am their birth mother.
21:37I only wanted to say
21:38goodbye before I die.
21:40Die.
21:41He sneered.
21:42Dragons do not die easily.
21:44Elana,
21:44do not use such words
21:46to trick others
21:47into pitying you.
21:48I am not lying to you.
21:49Then go apologize
21:50to Iseleth.
21:52He stared at me.
21:53Promise
21:54that from now on
21:55you will never disturb
21:56her family
21:57again.
21:59Her family,
22:00my husband,
22:01my children,
22:02the blood I had shed
22:03in childbirth.
22:04In the end,
22:04all of it had become
22:05her her family.
22:07Suddenly,
22:07I became very calm.
22:13Varus,
22:15if one day
22:16I truly died,
22:18would you regret it?
22:20A flicker of impatience
22:22passed through his eyes.
22:23I would only regret
22:24having indulged you
22:26too much in the beginning.
22:29I nodded.
22:31All right.
22:32I will remember that.
22:36Outside the door,
22:38a maid's panicked voice
22:39suddenly rang out.
22:40Commander,
22:40something is wrong.
22:42Miss Aurelia's
22:42dragon breath is unstable
22:43and she is crying
22:44for Lady Elana's scent.
22:46Varus' expression changed
22:48and he turned immediately.
22:49Looking at his back,
22:50I whispered,
22:51so she finally
22:52still remembers me.
22:54But that one memory
22:55almost cost me my life.
22:59Aurelia still remembered
23:00my scent.
23:02That alone
23:03was enough
23:04to make my heart ache
23:05until it softened.
23:07I returned to the outer keep
23:09and took out a soul crystal.
23:11The stone was cold
23:12in my palm.
23:13I cut my wrist open
23:14and let true dragon blood
23:15seep into it,
23:16drop by drop.
23:17When the blood
23:18fell into the crystal,
23:19silver-blue light flared,
23:21but my chest felt
23:22as if it had been torn open
23:23and black dragon blood
23:25surged into my throat.
23:27The dragon god's voice sounded.
23:34Before the separation,
23:36your soul will split,
23:38your blood will grow cold,
23:41and life will slowly
23:42leave your body.
23:44I wipe the blood
23:45from the corner of my mouth.
23:47It does not matter.
23:50I am very good
23:51at enduring pain.
23:53A child raised
23:55in the bone wasteland
23:56learns first
23:58not to cry,
23:59but to keep silent.
24:01Crying draws monsters,
24:03saying it hurts
24:04only makes others
24:05think you are easier
24:06to bully.
24:07I carry the soul crystal
24:09to Silvermoon Tower.
24:10Inside the tower,
24:12warm light shone
24:13and soft fragrance
24:14drifted,
24:15as if it were
24:16another world.
24:17Lucian stood at the door
24:18and blocked me.
24:19What are you doing
24:20here again?
24:22Auraria wants
24:22my dragon breath.
24:24I brought it to her.
24:25Leave it here.
24:26He reached out
24:28and snatched
24:28the soul crystal away.
24:30You cannot go in.
24:31Mother will be unhappy.
24:37I looked at the figures
24:39through the crack
24:39in the door.
24:41Auradia lay in
24:42Isoleth's arms,
24:43calling her softly.
24:45Mother.
24:45Isolade lowered her head
24:47and kissed her forehead.
24:53Good child.
24:54Mother is here.
24:55Vera sat beside them,
24:57tucking Isolam's cloak
24:58around her.
24:59His voice was so gentle
25:00I nearly failed
25:01to recognize it.
25:02You have worked hard.
25:03I stood outside the door,
25:05my wrists still bleeding.
25:07Isolade suddenly lifted
25:08her eyes and saw me,
25:10the corner of her mouth
25:11curved.
25:13Holding my daughter,
25:14she mouthed silently
25:15to me.
25:16See?
25:17She only recognizes me.
25:20I lowered my eyes
25:21and turned away.
25:25But before I had gone far,
25:27a scream suddenly came
25:29from inside the tower.
25:30Cups and dishes shattered,
25:32a maid rushed out
25:33in the panic.
25:34Something has happened
25:34to the soul-calming crystal!
25:37Lady Isolin
25:38is coughing blood!
25:41Before I could return
25:42to the Outer Keep,
25:43Varys came after me.
25:44He seized my wrist,
25:45his grip almost crushing
25:47the bones.
25:48Elena,
25:49you have grown bold
25:50indeed.
25:52Pain darkened
25:53my vision.
25:53Let go.
25:54You placed a soul-splitting
25:55curse in the crystal.
25:56His voice was as cold
25:57as snow.
25:58After Isluet touched it,
25:59her dragon soul
26:00became unstable
26:00and Auroria vomited
26:02blood as well.
26:03I froze.
26:04Impossible.
26:05There was only
26:05my blood inside.
26:09Your blood?
26:10He laughed
26:11in fury.
26:12Do you think
26:12I would believe that?
26:13You can have
26:14the High Priest examine it.
26:15Before the matter
26:16is clarified,
26:17you will apologize
26:17to her first.
26:19He dragged me back
26:20to the front
26:21of Silvermoon Tower.
26:22Wind and snow
26:23struck my face
26:24and I could barely stand.
26:26Lucian rushed out,
26:27his eyes frighteningly red.
26:29You hurt my sister!
26:32Lucian, I did not!
26:33You are still arguing!
26:34Flames of a young dragon
26:35lit on his little horns
26:36and he slammed fiercely
26:38into my abdomen.
26:39I fell into the snow.
26:40My ribs felt broken
26:41and my throat
26:42filled with the taste of blood.
26:44I hate you!
26:44He cried.
26:45Why don't you just die
26:47if you died?
26:47Mother would never
26:48be sad again!
26:49Only after those words fell
26:50did Varas finally
26:51pull him away.
26:52I looked up at Vase,
26:53thinking he would
26:53at least say,
26:54enough.
26:55But he only said coldly,
26:57Until Isoleth
26:57and Auraria recover.
26:59Kneel here
26:59and reflect on
27:00your wrongdoing.
27:01I knelt in the snow,
27:02the blood from my wrist
27:03freezing dark red.
27:04Inside Silvermoon Tower,
27:06the lamps were warm.
27:07My children were crying there
27:09and my husband
27:09was guarding another woman.
27:11What if it turns out
27:11it was not me?
27:12He was silent
27:13for a moment.
27:14Then I will apologize.
27:16Apologize?
27:17Such a light word.
27:18Soon,
27:19the High Priest
27:19walked out of the tower,
27:20his face grave.
27:21Commander,
27:22the result is out.
27:24I lifted my head
27:25and saw Varys' face
27:26finally change.
27:27Do it.
27:29The High Priest
27:30said in a low voice,
27:32There is no curse.
27:33The crystal contains
27:34only true dragon blood.
27:36Miss Aurelia
27:36was merely frightened
27:37and Lady Izzel's
27:38dragon soul
27:39briefly became unstable
27:40because of overexertion.
27:42The sound of snow
27:43suddenly seemed very loud.
27:45Varys froze
27:45where he stood.
27:47Lucian stood inside
27:48the tower door.
27:49Even after hearing
27:50the truth,
27:51he only clutched
27:52Isola's skirt tighter
27:53and did not look at me.
27:55Varys came toward me
27:56as if he meant
27:57to help me up.
27:59Elena,
27:59I'm sorry.
28:01I did not give him
28:03my hand.
28:04He frowned.
28:06Lucian was only worried
28:07about his sister.
28:08He does not truly hate you.
28:10I wanted very much to ask.
28:11Then what would count
28:12as true hatred?
28:13Was it making me
28:14me kneel in the snow,
28:15letting my own child
28:16curse me to death?
28:17Or asking me to swallow
28:18all the pain
28:18and then understand
28:19them in return?
28:20But I was too tired.
28:22It does not matter.
28:23It will be over soon anyway.
28:25Varys' expression
28:26darkened slightly.
28:27What are you saying now?
28:29Before I could answer,
28:31Madam Morwen arrived
28:32with guards.
28:34She had been an old attendant
28:35by my birth parent's side.
28:37From the first day
28:38I returned to the dragon nest.
28:40She had never treated me
28:41as a true young lady.
28:42She glanced at me
28:43and frowned in disgust.
28:45Lady Alana,
28:46the dragon king and queen
28:47were furious
28:47when they heard you
28:48had harmed Isoleth.
28:49I am here to carry out
28:50family discipline.
28:52Varys said coldly.
28:53The matter has already
28:54been investigated.
28:55She did not cast a curse.
28:57But Morwen said indifferently.
28:59Yet Lady Isoleth
29:00was indeed frightened
29:01because of her.
29:02True dragon blood
29:03is filthy
29:04and uncontrollable.
29:05It deserves punishment.
29:09I lifted my head.
29:11My blood is filthy.
29:13Morwen waved her hand.
29:15Thirty strips
29:16with the dragon wax.
29:19When the first lash fell,
29:21I could not even make a sound.
29:23The dragon bit
29:24was carved
29:24with forbidden runes.
29:26Each strike felt
29:27as if my soul
29:28were being torn apart.
29:30After thirty trisses,
29:31the snow was dyed
29:32red with blood.
29:35Varys finally shouted
29:36in anger.
29:37Enough!
29:37But Morwen crouched down
29:38and pressed her hand
29:39to my chest.
29:40Not enough.
29:41Her most precious
29:42heart-guarding scale
29:43will be perfect
29:44stabilizing Lady Isoleth's
29:45dragon soul.
29:46My eyes widened.
29:47The next moment,
29:48she tore away
29:49my heart-guarding scale
29:50with my force.
30:00I am the daughter
30:01of the true dragon.
30:04But on the day
30:05I gave birth,
30:06my husband Varys
30:07carried my children
30:08away with his own hands.
30:18The dragon crystal
30:20was bitterly cold.
30:21I lay in a pool of blood,
30:23my fingertips
30:23digging into the seams
30:24of the stone,
30:25my voice horny enough
30:26to sound like
30:27someone else's.
30:29Varys,
30:30give me back
30:30my children.
30:31The two newborns
30:32cried in his arms.
30:33Each cry stabbed
30:34at her,
30:34hurting more than
30:35the tearing of flesh
30:35and bone during labor.
30:37Isoled stood below
30:37the steps of the throne,
30:39wrapped in a snow-white cloak.
30:40Her eyes read,
30:41as if she were the one
30:42who had suffered
30:42every injustice.
30:43Sister,
30:44don't be like this.
30:45She reached out
30:46and took the children,
30:47her voice as light
30:48as a scythe.
30:49I only want to share
30:50your burden.
30:51You have just
30:52given birth.
30:53Your body is too weak.
30:54Trembling,
30:55I crawled toward her.
30:57They are not a burden.
30:58They are my children!
31:00Varys looked down at me.
31:02There was no tenderness
31:03in his eyes,
31:03only impatience.
31:04He blocked my hand
31:05with one foot.
31:06Enough, Elana.
31:08I clenched my teeth
31:10and lifted my head.
31:11I beg you,
31:13let me hold them once.
31:14Just once.
31:16Isoled hugged
31:16the children tight
31:17and took half a step back.
31:19Varys,
31:20perhaps I should not have come.
31:22Sister seems to hate me so much.
31:24Varys immediately
31:25stood in front of her,
31:26as if shielding
31:27the most precious treasure
31:28in the world.
31:29Her soul is unstable.
31:31She can never bear children.
31:32His voice was cold.
31:34You are her elder sister.
31:36What is wrong
31:36with fulfilling her wish
31:37this once?
31:38Would you really watch her
31:40suffer for the rest
31:40of her life?
31:41I laughed
31:42until blood spilled
31:43from my mouth.
31:44Fulfill her wish
31:45with my flesh and blood?
31:47His brows drew tighter.
31:50Do not make yourself
31:51sound so pitiful.
31:52You are already
31:53the commander's wife.
31:54Is that still not enough?
31:56I looked at the children
31:57in his arms.
31:57My little daughter
31:58had cried
31:59until her face was red.
32:00My little son's dragon arms
32:02were no bigger than fingertips,
32:04glowing faintly.
32:05They should have been
32:06against my chest,
32:07listening to my heartbeat.
32:08But Varys turned and left.
32:10When Isoled passed by me,
32:11she lowered her head
32:12and smiled softly.
32:15Thank you, sister.
32:16In that moment,
32:17I learned that
32:18when a person's heart
32:19is hollowed out,
32:20she can still remain alive
32:22and breathe.
32:25That was eight years ago.
32:27Eight years later,
32:28I finally understood
32:29that what had been
32:29carried away that day
32:30was not only my children,
32:32but also my last hope
32:33of ever being loved.
32:37The Dragon King
32:38of the Western Realm
32:39found me very late.
32:41Before that,
32:42I had grown up
32:43outside the dragon nest,
32:45like an abandoned wild beast.
32:47Later, they said
32:48I was the lost daughter
32:49of the true dragon,
32:51and they brought me
32:52back to the royal city,
32:53giving me fine clothes,
32:55a name,
32:56and an old betrothal contract.
32:59When I married Varys,
33:01he was the dragon bone commander,
33:03cold, powerful,
33:04and disgusted by me.
33:06On our wedding night,
33:07he did not lift
33:07my bridle lailed.
33:08He only stood by the door
33:10and said,
33:10Alana, I married you
33:12only because of the betrothal.
33:13I asked softly,
33:15and afterwards.
33:16Do not covet
33:17what does not belong to you.
33:18He did not even look at me.
33:21A year later,
33:22he married Isloit.
33:23She was a false dragon daughter,
33:26yet she looked more loved
33:27than I ever did.
33:28My parents doted on her,
33:30the servants respected her,
33:31and Varys protected her.
33:34Later,
33:34even my children
33:35called her mother.
33:37After eight years of marriage,
33:39the dragon god appeared again.
33:40A silver spirit body
33:42hovered above the outer keep.
33:43Its light
33:44illuminating my empty room.
33:47The trial is over.
33:48Varys' soul love
33:50has reached completion.
33:51You may strip away
33:52your dragon soul
33:53and leave this world.
33:55Or you may remain.
33:56I stared at him blankly.
33:58He loves me.
33:59The words were so absurd,
34:01I almost wanted to laugh.
34:02He gave hatred
34:03to our wedding night,
34:04gave my children
34:05to Isled,
34:06and gave all his tenderness
34:08to someone else.
34:10Dragon god,
34:11are you certain
34:12you have not seen wrong?
34:13The dragon god's gaze
34:14remained gentle.
34:15The love of the soul
34:16does not always appear
34:18as tenderness.
34:19Then how does it appear?
34:20As humiliation?
34:22Neglect?
34:23Or forcing me
34:24to kneel outside the door
34:25and listen to my children
34:25call another woman mother?
34:27The dragon god was silent.
34:29My tears finally fell,
34:31but not because I could not
34:32bear to leave Varys.
34:33I want to leave.
34:34Before the separation
34:36you have one day.
34:37The dragon god said,
34:38You may say goodbye.
34:40I thought of Lucian
34:41and Avaria.
34:42Even if they refused
34:44to acknowledge me,
34:45I wanted to see them
34:46one last time.
34:47So I went to the crystal corridor.
34:50Lucian was six,
34:51standing in the light,
34:52his small dragon horns
34:54glimmering faintly.
34:55When he saw me,
34:56the first thing he said was,
34:58Why are you here again?
35:01Lucian stepped back
35:02warily,
35:03as if he had seen
35:04something filthy.
35:05Didn't I tell you
35:06not to come?
35:07If mother sees me
35:08talking to you,
35:09she will be sad.
35:10I crouched in front of him
35:12and tried to make
35:12my smile gentle.
35:14I only came to say goodbye.
35:16He frowned.
35:18Goodbye?
35:19Are you pretending
35:20to be pitiful again?
35:21My hand froze in midair.
35:26After today,
35:28we will not see
35:29each other again.
35:30Lucian paused,
35:31but his face
35:32quickly turned cold again.
35:34You say that every time.
35:36Are you trying
35:37to make me feel
35:37sorry for you
35:38so you can make
35:38mother cry?
35:41Lucian...
35:42I called his name softly.
35:43I am not trying
35:44to take you away.
35:46You are lying.
35:49Hatred filled his eyes.
35:51Mother said you have
35:52always wanted to steal
35:53me and my sister back.
35:55Why can't you
35:56leave us alone?
35:59Before I could answer,
36:01Varys' voice came
36:02from behind me.
36:04Elana.
36:06As he approached,
36:07the entire corridor
36:08seemed to grow colder.
36:12He seized my arm
36:13and dragged me
36:14into the room
36:15beside us.
36:16The door slammed shut,
36:18leaving Lucian outside.
36:21What exactly
36:22are you trying to do?
36:23Varys lowered his voice.
36:26Lucian and Aurelia
36:27were raised by Iselth.
36:28Must you expose
36:29their bloodline
36:30in front of them
36:30and make them suffer?
36:31I wrenched free
36:32of his hand.
36:33I am their birth mother.
36:36I only wanted
36:37to say goodbye
36:37before I die.
36:39Die.
36:40He sneered.
36:41Dragons do not die easily.
36:43Elana,
36:44do not use such words
36:45to trick others
36:46into pitying you.
36:47I am not lying to you.
36:49Then go apologize
36:50to Iseleth.
36:51He stared at me.
36:53Promise that from now on
36:54you will never
36:55disturb her family
36:56again.
36:58Her family.
36:59My husband.
37:00My children.
37:01The blood I had shed
37:02in childbirth.
37:03In the end,
37:04all of it had become
37:04her, her family.
37:06Suddenly,
37:07I became very calm.
37:13Varys,
37:14if one day
37:15I truly died,
37:17would you regret it?
37:19A flicker of impatience
37:21passed through his eyes.
37:22I would only regret
37:23having indulged you
37:25too much in the beginning.
37:28I nodded.
37:30All right.
37:31I will remember that.
37:36Outside the door,
37:37a maid's panicked voice
37:38suddenly rang out.
37:39Commander,
37:40something is wrong.
37:41Miss Aurelia's
37:41dragon breath is unstable
37:42and she is crying
37:44for Lady Elana's scent.
37:45Varys' expression changed
37:47and he turned immediately.
37:48Looking at his back,
37:49I whispered.
37:50So she finally
37:52still remembers me.
37:53But that one memory
37:54almost cost me my life.
37:58Aurelia still remembered
38:00my scent.
38:01That alone
38:02was enough
38:03to make my heart ache
38:04until it softened.
38:06I returned to the outer keep
38:08and took out a soul crystal.
38:10The stone was cold
38:11in my palm.
38:12I cut my wrist open
38:13and let true dragon blood
38:14seep into it
38:15drop by drop.
38:16When the blood fell
38:17into the crystal,
38:18silver-blue light flared,
38:20but my chest felt
38:21as if it had been torn open
38:22and black dragon blood
38:24surged into my throat.
38:26The dragon god's voice sounded.
38:33Before the separation,
38:35your soul will split,
38:37your blood will grow cold,
38:40and life will slowly
38:41leave your body.
38:43I wipe the blood
38:44from the corner of my mouth.
38:46It does not matter.
38:48I am very good
38:50at enduring pain.
38:52A child raised
38:54in the bone wasteland
38:55learns first
38:57not to cry,
38:58but to keep silent.
39:00Crying draws monsters.
39:02Saying it hurts
39:03only makes others
39:04think you are easier
39:05to bully.
39:06I carried the soul crystal
39:08to Silvermoon Tower.
39:10Inside the tower,
39:11warm light shone
39:12and soft fragrance
39:13drifted
39:14as if it were
39:15another world.
39:16Lucian stood at the door
39:17and blocked me.
39:18What are you doing
39:19here again?
39:21Auraria wants
39:22my dragon breath.
39:23I brought it to her.
39:24Leave it here.
39:26He reached out
39:27and snatched
39:27the soul crystal away.
39:29You cannot go in.
39:30Mother will be unhappy.
39:36I looked at the figures
39:38through the crack
39:39in the door.
39:40Auradia lay
39:41in Isaleth's arms,
39:42calling her softly.
39:44Mother.
39:45Isalade lowered her head
39:46and kissed her forehead.
39:52Good child.
39:53Mother is here.
39:54Vera sat beside them,
39:56tucking Isalem's cloak
39:57around her.
39:58His voice was so gentle
39:59I nearly failed
40:00to recognize it.
40:01You have worked hard.
40:03I stood outside the door,
40:04my wrists still bleeding.
40:06Isaleth suddenly
40:07lifted her eyes
40:08and saw me.
40:09The corner of her mouth
40:10curved.
40:12Holding my daughter,
40:13she mouthed
40:14silently to me.
40:16See?
40:16She only recognizes me.
40:19I lowered my eyes
40:20and turned away.
40:24But before I had gone far,
40:26a scream suddenly came
40:28from inside the tower.
40:29Cups and dishes
40:30shattered.
40:31A maid rushed out
40:32in the panic.
40:33Something has happened
40:33to the soul-calming crystal!
40:36Lady Isalyn is coughing blood!
40:40Before I could return
40:41to the Outer Keep,
40:42Varys came after me.
40:43He seized my wrist,
40:45his grip almost crushing
40:46the bones.
40:47Elena,
40:48you have grown bold indeed.
40:51Pain darkened my vision.
40:52Let go.
40:53You placed a soul-splitting curse
40:55in the crystal.
40:55His voice was as cold as snow.
40:57After Isluit touched it,
40:58her dragon soul became unstable
41:00and Auroria vomited blood as well.
41:02I froze.
41:03Impossible.
41:04There was only my blood inside.
41:08Your blood?
41:09He laughed in fury.
41:11Do you think I would believe that?
41:12You can have the High Priest examine it.
41:14Before the matter is clarified,
41:16you will apologize to her first.
41:18He dragged me back
41:19to the front of Silvermoon Tower.
41:21Wind and snow struck my face
41:23and I could barely stand.
41:25Lucian rushed out,
41:26his eyes frighteningly red.
41:29You hurt my sister!
41:31Lucian, I did not!
41:32You are still arguing!
41:33Flames of a young dragon
41:34lit on his little horns
41:35and he slammed fiercely
41:37into my abdomen.
41:38I fell into the snow.
41:39My ribs felt broken
41:40and my throat filled
41:41with the taste of blood.
41:43I hate you!
41:44He cried.
41:44Why don't you just die
41:46if you died?
41:46Mother would never be sad again!
41:48Only after those words fell
41:49did Varas finally pull him away.
41:51I looked up at Vase,
41:52thinking he would at least say,
41:53enough.
41:54But he only said coldly,
41:56Until Isoleth and Auraria recover.
41:58Kneel here and reflect
41:59on your wrongdoing.
42:00I knelt in the snow,
42:01the blood from my wrist
42:02freezing dark red.
42:03Inside Silvermoon Tower,
42:05the lamps were warm.
42:06My children were crying there
42:08and my husband
42:08was guarding another woman.
42:10What if it turns out
42:11it was not me?
42:11He was silent for a moment.
42:13Then I will apologize.
42:15Apologize.
42:16Such a light word.
42:17Soon,
42:18the High Priest walked out
42:19of the tower,
42:19his face grave.
42:21Commander,
42:21the result is out.
42:23I lifted my head
42:24and saw Varys' face
42:25finally change.
42:28The High Priest said
42:30in a low voice,
42:31There is no curse.
42:32The crystal contains
42:33only true dragon blood.
42:35Miss Aurelia was
42:36merely frightened
42:36and Lady Izzel's dragon soul
42:38briefly became unstable
42:40because of overexertion.
42:41The sound of snow
42:42suddenly seemed very loud.
42:44Varys froze where he stood.
42:46Lucian stood inside
42:47the tower door.
42:48Even after hearing the truth,
42:50he only clutched
42:51Isola's skirt tighter
42:52and did not look at me.
42:54Varys came toward me
42:55as if he meant
42:56to help me up.
42:57Elena,
42:58I'm sorry.
43:01I did not give him my hand.
43:03He frowned.
43:05Lucian was only worried
43:06about his sister.
43:07He does not truly hate you.
43:09I wanted very much to ask.
43:10Then what would count
43:11as true hatred?
43:12Was it making me
43:13me kneel in the snow,
43:14letting my own child
43:15curse me to death?
43:16Or asking me to swallow
43:17all the pain
43:18and then understand them
43:18in return?
43:19But I was too tired.
43:21It does not matter.
43:22It will be over soon anyway.
43:24Varys' expression
43:25darkened slightly.
43:26What are you saying now?
43:28Before I could answer,
43:30Madam Morwen arrived
43:31with guards.
43:33She had been an old attendant
43:35by my birth parent's side.
43:36From the first day
43:37I returned to the dragon nest,
43:39she had never treated me
43:40as a true young lady.
43:41She glanced at me
43:42and frowned in disgust.
43:44Lady Alana,
43:45the dragon king and queen
43:46were furious
43:47when they heard you
43:47had harmed Isoleth.
43:48I am here to carry out
43:50family discipline.
43:51Varys said coldly,
43:52The matter has already
43:53been investigated.
43:54She did not cast a curse.
43:56But Morwen said indifferently,
43:58Yet Lady Isoleth
43:59was indeed frightened
44:00because of her.
44:02True dragon blood
44:02is filthy
44:03and uncontrollable.
44:05It deserves punishment.
44:07I lifted my head.
44:10My blood is filthy.
44:13Morwen waved her hand.
44:14Thirty strips
44:15with the dragon wax.
44:18When the first lash fell,
44:20I could not even make a sound.
44:22The dragon bit was carved
44:23with forbidden runes.
44:25Each strike felt as if
44:26my soul were being torn apart.
44:29After thirty trisses,
44:30the snow was dyed red with blood.
44:34Varys finally shouted in anger.
44:36Enough!
44:36But Morwen crouched down
44:37and pressed her hand
44:38to my chest.
44:39Not enough.
44:40Her most precious
44:41heart-guarding scale
44:42will be perfect stabilizing
44:43Lady Isoleth's dragonsoul.
44:45My eyes widened.
44:46The next moment,
44:47she tore away
44:48my heart-guarding scale
44:49with my force.
44:52Gun lut zob
44:56that rules
44:56because God
44:56cannot hate
44:57even
44:57can't
44:57properly
44:58can't